As the conflicts in my world start to appear

I begin to feel senses of fear

But the acceptance and hope is what kept me alive

And sat by my side 

through times I thought I would die

In the middle of the war I celebrated my 13th birthday 

And received a present one wouldn’t depend on anymore than I did

This present was a diary in which I called kitty

All though it didn’t hide me from the evil nazis

Kitty was like my hiding place

As it supplied me with a place to dump my thoughts

So I could keep a smile on my face

  On the faces around me

I saw worry and depression

Yet I kept on going

With a mindset of hope and succession

761 total days in hiding

It all felt like an eternity 

Yet I was one who kept fighting

 Even with the taste of absurdity

Day after day 

We heard sounds of the nazis

Killing 6 million of us 

I tried not to let the picture haunt me

The act was so wrong

I felt I needed to do something about it

But the Nazis were too close to capture

It seemed they were about to touch me

 And I couldn’t allow it

While I could smell hope

That others could not 

On August 4, 1944

We were all finally caught

So from Anne’s story

I will now bear witness

I will keep hope in mind

And leave my fear behind

I will deny thoughts of giving up 

And instead keep my chin up

I will accept my challenges 

And embrace them to learn

I will use all of these things in my life

And be like Anne

Who is the light 

When times are not bright